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(AP) -- As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor and react to coverage of high-profile events. http://www.physorg.com/news169132958.html Technology Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:23:16 EST news169132958 (AP) -- The Pentagon is reviewing the use of Facebook and other social networking sites on its computers with an eye toward setting rules on how to protect against possible security risks. http://www.physorg.com/news168693630.html Technology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:50:03 EST news168693630 Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are inceasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals drawn to the wealth of personal information supplied by users, experts warn. http://www.physorg.com/news168151908.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:01 EST news168151908 (AP) -- Two more Web sites dedicated to social networking went offline in China on Tuesday amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites that offered many Chinese a rare taste of free expression. http://www.physorg.com/news167402583.html Technology Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:43:42 EST news167402583 (PhysOrg.com) -- Furious competition between social networking sites is compromising the protection of users' data, a Cambridge University study has concluded. http://www.physorg.com/news167400726.html Technology Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:30:04 EST news167400726 To many parents, text messaging is an enigma -- a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. It seems to be a strange but harmless means of communication. http://www.physorg.com/news167063189.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:30:01 EST news167063189 (AP) -- Canada's privacy commissioner says the online social networking site Facebook breaches Canadian law by keeping users personal information indefinitely after members close their accounts. http://www.physorg.com/news166975070.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:58:13 EST news166975070 myExperiment, the social networking site for scientists, has set out to challenge traditional ideas of academic publishing as it enters a new phase of funding. http://www.physorg.com/news166943362.html Other Sciences Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:10:23 EST news166943362 A 15-year-old Briton has set the financial world abuzz with a research note penned for a major US bank in which he reveals teenagers' media habits -- including that Twitter is just not cool. http://www.physorg.com/news166855767.html Technology Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:20:02 EST news166855767 (AP) -- New York's attorney general charged Thursday that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million Internet users worldwide - by sending e-mails that raided their private accounts. http://www.physorg.com/news166377499.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:10:07 EST news166377499 (AP) -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has quietly dropped his lawsuit against the social networking site Twitter Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news166206530.html Technology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:30:57 EST news166206530 (AP) -- Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter. http://www.physorg.com/news165239970.html Technology Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:00:01 EST news165239970 With just $399 and a bit of saliva in a cup, consumers can learn about their genetic risk for diseases from breast cancer to diabetes. Now, thanks to social networking sites set up by personal genomics companies, they can also share that information with family, friends and even strangers on the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news163394275.html Medicine & Health Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:18:36 EST news163394275 (AP) -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is suing the social-networking site Twitter, claiming an unauthorized page that used his name to make light of drunken driving and two Cardinals pitchers who died damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress. http://www.physorg.com/news163345254.html Technology Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:41:18 EST news163345254 The number of minutes Americans spent on social networking sites nearly doubled in the past year with Facebook and Twitter enjoying explosive growth, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news163254287.html Technology Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:25:17 EST news163254287 (AP) -- Gamers, get ready for your close-up. http://www.physorg.com/news163092131.html Electronics Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:22:33 EST news163092131 (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan forces killed four militants in Wardak province, the U.S. military tweeted on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news163083176.html Technology Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:53:24 EST news163083176 (AP) -- The new leaders of News Corp.'s MySpace said Wednesday they need to innovate to rejuvenate the social networking site, which has suffered from stalled user growth. http://www.physorg.com/news162707202.html Technology Thu, 28 May 2009 05:27:01 EST news162707202 (AP) -- Google has identified social networking sites like Facebook as growing competitors in search, a company spokesman said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news162471892.html Technology Mon, 25 May 2009 12:05:17 EST news162471892 US social networking site Facebook on Saturday said it had received reports its wesbite had been blocked in Iran, lamenting the apparent government bar as "a shame." http://www.physorg.com/news162317878.html Technology Sat, 23 May 2009 17:18:17 EST news162317878 (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI has entered the world of social networking sites and smartphones with a Vatican portal that includes Facebook and iPhone applications. http://www.physorg.com/news162199056.html Technology Fri, 22 May 2009 08:17:59 EST news162199056 A Spanish great-grandmother who billed herself as the "world's oldest blogger" and who gained a global following on the Internet, died Thursday at the age of 97, local officials and reports said. http://www.physorg.com/news162141455.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 16:19:04 EST news162141455 User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news162113863.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 08:38:13 EST news162113863 (AP) -- Muslim clerics are seeking ways to regulate online behavior in Indonesia, saying the exploding popularity of social networking sites like Facebook could encourage illicit sex. http://www.physorg.com/news162108154.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 07:03:17 EST news162108154 (AP) -- Israel's internal intelligence service urged the public Monday to exercise caution when using Facebook, saying Arabs are trying to recruit spies on the popular social networking site. http://www.physorg.com/news161874942.html Technology Mon, 18 May 2009 14:16:22 EST news161874942 (AP) -- For some foodies, Tweets lead to great eats. http://www.physorg.com/news161629011.html Technology Fri, 15 May 2009 17:57:30 EST news161629011 Brazil, a Portuguese speaking country is the 10th largest economy in the world and Yahoo has decided to get in on the action by coming up with a clone Twitter. The economic down-turn has affected Brazil to some degree, but its Foreign Minister Guido Mantega has announced it is cautiously optimistic for a turn around at years end. http://www.physorg.com/news161628702.html Technology Fri, 15 May 2009 17:52:16 EST news161628702 (AP) -- On Twitter, messages of 140 characters may seem confining. Mike Massimino is finding a different type of space even more limiting - outer space. http://www.physorg.com/news161537881.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 May 2009 16:38:21 EST news161537881 Tapping the Internet - including personal Web searches, news reports, blogs, chat rooms and social networking sites - is fast becoming a way to get a complete, up-to-the-minute view of public health threats, say researchers from the Informatics Program at Children's Hospital Boston (CHIP) in a Perspectives article published Online First by The New England Journal of Medicine on May 7, 2009. In an accompanying sidebar, they describe the use of HealthMap.org - a freely available Web site that aggregates, categorizes, filters and displays real-time information on emerging infectious diseases - in tracking the current H1N1 swine flu outbreak. http://www.physorg.com/news160941096.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 18:52:01 EST news160941096 (PhysOrg.com) -- News in mid-April of an unpublished study suggesting that college students' use of Facebook was related to lower college academic achievement probably sent more than a few parents reeling. Now a new study may allay parental concern. http://www.physorg.com/news160937690.html Other Sciences Thu, 07 May 2009 17:55:29 EST news160937690